List of people from Nagpur

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The following is a list of [[Project:Notability (people)|notable people]] from and/or related to [[Nagpur]], India.

==Academia==
* [[Surendra Sheodas Barlingay]] (1919–1997), [[logic]]ian and [[Marathi people|Marathi]] writer
* [[Vidyadhar Johrapurkar]], [[Sanskrit]]ist, [[Social anthropology|social anthropologist]] and [[historian]]
* [[D. Raghavarao]] (1938–2013), Indian [[statistician]], known for his contributions in [[design of experiments]]
* [[Sharadchandra Shankar Shrikhande]] (1917–2020), mathematician

==Activism, civil rights, and philanthropy==
* [[Moreshwar Vasudeo Abhyankar]] (1886–1935), lawyer and [[Resistance movement#Freedom fighter|freedom fighter]]
* [[Nirmala Deshpande]] (1929–2008), social activist
* [[Amruta Fadnavis]], social activist and banker
* [[Shankar Mahale]] (1925-1943), young revolutionary
* [[R. K. Patil]] (1907–2007), [[Gandhism|Gandhian]] and freedom fighter
* [[Ram Puniyani]], [[Peace movement|communal harmonist]]
* [[Varun Shrivastava]], Social Activist

==Art, literature==
* [[Gopalakrishna Adiga]] (1918–1992), Kannada poet
* [[Raja Badhe]] (1912–1977), Marathi poet
* [[Suresh Bhat]] (1932–2003), Marathi poet and Ghazal Samrat
* [[Purushottam Bhaskar Bhave]] (1910–1980), Marathi writer
* [[Neelam Saxena Chandra]], children's poet and author
* [[Eknath Easwaran]] (1910–1999), author and spiritual teacher
* [[Mahesh Elkunchwar]], playwright and author
* [[Vasudeo S. Gaitonde]] (1924–2001), [[Abstract art|abstract painter]]
* [[Ram Ganesh Gadkari]] (1885–1919), Marathi poet
* [[Manik Sitaram Godghate]] (Grace) (1937–2012), Marathi poet
* [[Dhanashree Halbe]], translator, poet and children's author
* [[Gauri Jog]], [[Kathak]] dancer
* [[Shahid Kabir]] (1932–2001), [[Urdu|Urdu language]] poet
* [[Akshaykumar Kale]], modern [[Marathi poetry]] critic
* [[Indra Bahadur Khare]] (1922–1953), Hindi poet and writer
* [[Vishnu Bhikaji Kolte]] (1908–1998), Marathi writer; former Vice-Chancellor of [[Rashtrasant Tukadoji Maharaj Nagpur University|Nagpur University]]
* [[Bhau Panchbhai]] (1944–2016), [[Marathi language|Marathi]] poet, writer, and [[Dalit]] activist
* [[Harishankar Parsai]] (1924–1995), Hindi writer
* [[Wasudev Waman Patankar]] (1908–1997), Marathi Shayar

==Business==
* [[Jamnalal Bajaj]] (1889–1942), founder of Bajaj Group of industries
* [[Sanjay Bhende]], Chairman of Nagarik Sahakari Bank Ltd, Nagpur
* [[Dinesh Keskar]], President of Boeing Asia and Vice-President of Boeing International
* [[Sanjay Kirloskar]], Chairman of [[Kirloskar Brothers|Kirloskar Brothers Ltd]]
* [[Vikram Pandit]], former chief executive of [[Citigroup]]
* [[Subramaniam Ramadorai]], Vice-Chairman of Tata Consultancy Services


==Indian Film Industry==
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[[Sharman Joshi]]]]
* [[Jyoti Amge]], actress
* [[Tarun Bose]] (1928–1972), actor
* [[Basanta Choudhury]] (1928–2000), actor
* [[Purushottam Darvhekar]] (1926–1999), playwright and songwriter
* [[Vaishnavi Dhanraj]], television actress
* [[Mahesh Elkunchwar]], playwright
* [[Subhash Ghai]], film director, producer and screenwriter
* [[Sai Gundewar]], actor
* [[Samidha Guru]], [[Marathi language|Marathi]] theater, film and television actress
* [[Sharman Joshi]], actor
* [[Rajkumar Hirani]], film director, screenwriter and film editor
* [[Gayatri Joshi]], model turned Bollywood actress
* [[Abhijit Kokate]], film editor and Director in Bollywood
* [[Ketaki Mategaonkar]], Marathi playback singer and Marathi cinema actress
* [[Jag Mundhra]] (1948–2011), Indian filmmaker
* [[Manava Naik]], actress
* [[Salim Nasir]] (1944–1989), Pakistani actor
* [[Girija Oak]], Marathi and Hindi film actress
* [[Shiv Panditt]], Bollywood actor
* [[Piyush Ranade]], Marathi film & television actor
* [[Ronit Roy]], television actor
* [[Ruchi Savarn]], television actress
* [[Aarti Shrivastava]], documentary filmmaker
* [[Sunaina]], Tamil actress
* [[Vaibbhav Tatwawadi]], Marathi actor
* [[Sanjay Surkar]] (1959–2012), Marathi film director
* [[Paras Kalnawat]], Indian Hindi television Actor(born 9 November, 1996. Years active (2017-present)
* [[Mrunal Thakur]], Indian Hindi television actress and Indain Hindi movies actress
* [[Sangramsingh Thakur]] Hindi and Marathi film Actor.

==Health and medicine==
* [[Kamalabai Hospet]] (1896–1981), co-founder of [[Matru Sewa Sangh]], and [[Vidya Shikshan Prasarak Mandal]]
* [[Vikram Marwah]], orthopedic surgeon, social worker, and founder of Handicapped Children's Rehabilitation Centre and Children's Orthopedic Hospital of Matru Sewa Sangh
* [[Dr. Kshama Metre]], founder of [[Chinmaya Organization for Rural Development]]
*[[Zulekha Daud]], physician-turned-entrepreneur, Founder and Chairperson of Zulekha Healthcare Group, including Zulekha Hospital UAE; Alexis Multispeciality Hospital, India and Zulekha Colleges, India


==Law==
* [[Sharad Arvind Bobde|Justice Sharad Arvind Bobde]], 47th Chief Justice of India, [[Supreme Court of India]]
* [[Bipin Krishna Bose]] (1851–1933), [[advocate]]
* [[Siraj Mehfuz Daud]] (1931–2010), Judge and senior advocate
* [[S. P. Kotval]] (1910–1987), Chief Justice of the [[Bombay High Court]]
* [[Ruma Pal]], retired Justice of the Supreme Court
*[[Ananda Prakash Sen]], Judge, Supreme Court of India
*[[Harish Salve]], solicitor general of India(1999-2002), senior advocate

==Military and policing==
* [[Shirish Baban Deo]], [[Vice Chief of the Air Staff (India)|Vice Chief of the Air Staff]] of the [[Indian Air Force]]
* [[Suryakant Chintaman Chafekar]], Air Vice Marshall
* [[Edgar Peacock]] (1893–1955), decorated British Army officer
* [[Hemant Karkare]] (1954–2008), chief of the Mumbai Anti-Terrorist Squad
* [[Ghulam Mansoor]] [[Subedar-major]] and scholar

==Modeling==
* [[Manasi Moghe]], Miss India Universe 2013
* [[Lopamudra Raut]], model and Miss United Continents 2016
* [[Madhu Sapre]], Miss India Universe 1992

== Music==
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[[Rahul Vaidya]]]]
* [[Varsha Bhosle]], (1956 - 2012) singer and journalist
* [[Vasantrao Deshpande]] (1920–1983), Hindustani classical vocalist and performer of Natya Sangeet
* [[Ulhas Kashalkar]], [[Hindustani classical]] vocalist
* [[Shishir Parkhie]], playback ghazal bhajan singer and composer
* [[Avinash Balkrishna Patwardhan]], [[Musicology|musicologist]]
* [[Rahul Vaidya]], singer
* [[Altaf Raja]], singer
* [[Sudhir (musician)|Pandit Sudhir]], sitar player of [[Hindustani classical music]]
* [[Usha Timothy]], playback singer
* [[Vidyadhar Vyas]], Hindustani classical vocalist

==Politics and government==
* [[Madhav Shrihari Aney]] (1880–1968), politician
* [[Mohite Subodh Baburao]], member of [[14th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Ardhendu Bhushan Bardhan]] (1924–2016), politician
* [[C. B. Bhave]], financial regulator
* [[Raghoji I Bhonsle]] (1695–1755), Maratha general who took control of the Nagpur Kingdom in east-central India during the reign of [[Chattrapati Shahu]]
* [[Mudhoji II Bhonsle]] (?–1840), ruler of the [[Kingdom of Nagpur]]
* [[Raghuji Bhonsle III]] (c.1806–1853), ruler of the [[Kingdom of Nagpur|Principal States of Nagpur]] from 1818 to 1853.
* [[Gangadhar Rao Chitnavis]] (1862–?), President of First and Second Legislative Council of [[Central Provinces]]
* [[Shankar Madhav Chitnavis]] (1867–?), [[Deputy commissioner#India and Pakistan|Deputy commissioner]] of Central Provinces
* [[Swati Dandekar]], Democratic member of the [[Iowa Utilities Board]]
* [[Pravin Datke]], former mayor of Nagpur, current BJP Nagpur City president
* [[Bhavna Kardam Dave]], member of [[12th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Narendra R Deoghare]], member of [[4th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Madhukar Dattatraya Deoras]] (1915–1996), third [[Sarsanghchalak]] of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]]
* [[Ashish Deshmukh]], member of [[2014 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|13th]] [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Ranjeet Deshmukh]], member of [[1999 Maharashtra Legislative Assembly election|10th]] Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* [[Sudhakar Deshmukh]], member of 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* [[Devendra Fadnavis]], Former Chief Minister of Maharashtra
* [[Parinay Fuke]], member of Maharashtra Legislative Council
* [[Nitin Gadkari]], Union Minister and former President of the Bharatiya Janata Party
* [[Ramchandra Martand Hajarnavis]], councillor and member of [[4th Lok Sabha]]
* [[K. B. Hedgewar]] (1889–1940), founding [[Sarsanghachalak]] of the [[Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh]].
* Justice [[Mohammad Hidayatullah]] (1905–1992), [[Vice-President of India]]; former [[Chief Justice of India]]
* [[Shrikant Jichkar]] (1953–2004), politician, civil servant
* [[Sanjay Joshi]], politician of the Bharatiya Janata Party, former national general secretary (organisation)
* [[Narayan Bhaskar Khare]] (1884–1970), member of Indian National Congress
* [[Jogendra Kawade]], founder and President of [[Peoples Republican Party]]
* [[Saroj Khaparde]], member of [[Rajya Sabha]]
* [[Krishna Khopde]], member of the 13th [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Vikas Kumbhare]], member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* [[Vikas Mahatme]], member of the Rajya Sabha
* [[Milind Mane]], member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* [[Sameer Meghe]], member of the 13th Maharashtra Legislative Assembly
* [[Gargi Shankar Mishra]], member of [[8th Lok Sabha]]
* [[Rajendra Mulak]], former Minister of State for Finance & Planning, Energy, Water Resources, Parliamentary Affairs and State Excise
* [[Vilas Muttemwar]], former Minister of State of the Ministry of New and Renewable Energy of India
* [[Avinash Pandey]], member of the [[Maharashtra Legislative Assembly]]
* [[Vinod Gudadhe Patil]], former Minister in [[Narayan Rane ministry]]
* [[Shantaram Potdukhe]], former [[Member of parliament, Lok Sabha|Member of Parliament]] and [[Cabinet of India#Ministers of State|Union Minister of State]], [[Finance]]
* [[Rajani Rai]], former Lieutenant Governor of [[Pondicherry]]
* [[P. V. Narasimha Rao]] (1921–2004), former [[Prime Minister of India]]
* [[Nitin Raut]], Energy Minister
* [[N. K. P. Salve]] (1921–2012), Minister of State and BCCI president
* [[Ajay Sancheti]], Former member of Rajya Sabha
* [[Vasant Sathe]] (1925–2011), former Minister of Information and Broadcasting
* [[V Satish]], National Jt. General Secretary of Bharatiya Janata Party
* [[Abdul Shafee]] (1925-2004), former [[Indian National Congress]] politician
* [[Rajendra Shingne]], state vice-president of Nationalist Congress Party
* [[Anil Sole]], Member of Legislative Council, Nagpur graduates constituency
* [[Sumatitai Sukaklikar]] (?dash;2011), a leader of [[Bharatiya Janata Party]]
* [[Tahawar Ali]] (?dash;1854), noble in the court of [[Bhonsle Dynasty]]
* [[Vimla Verma]], member of 12th Lok Sabha
* [[Mukul Wasnik]], General Secretary of the [[Indian National Congress]]; former [[Union Minister]]
* Dr. Amit Telang, [[Indian Foreign Service]], [[Diplomat]]

==Religion and spirituality==
* [[Tajuddin Muhammad Badruddin]] (1861–1925), [[Sufi Islam|Muslim Sufi]] master
* [[Eyre Chatterton]] (1863–1950), [[Anglican]] [[bishop]]
* [[Madhav Sadashiv Golwalkar]] (1906–1973), second Sarsanghchalak (Supreme Leader) of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
* [[Alec Hardy]] (1891–1970), Anglican bishop
* [[Keshav Baliram Hedgewar]] (1889–1940), founder of Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh
* [[Eknath Ranade]] (1914–1982), founder of [[Vivekananda Kendra]]
* [[George Sinker]] (1900–1986), Anglican bishop
* [[Alex Wood (bishop)|Alex Wood]] (1871–1937), Anglican bishop

==Science==
* [[Ramanath Cowsik]], [[Astrophysics|astrophysicist]]
* [[Ramesh Jain]], [[scientist]], [[professor]] and [[entrepreneur]] in the field of [[computer science]]
* [[Shekhar C. Mande]], [[Shanti Swaroop Bhatnagar]] Award winner; scientist in the field of [[x-ray crystallography]] and [[biophysics]]
* [[S. Pancharatnam]] (1934–1969), physicist
*[[Yashavant Kanetkar]] Computer Scientist largely responsible for popularizing the C programming language in the whole of India. Author of several computer books including "Let Us C."

==Sport==
* [[Anilkumar Abhayankar]], cricketer
* [[Shashank Manohar]], Indian lawyer and President of the [[Board of Control for Cricket in India|BCCI]]
* [[Mona Meshram]], international cricket player
* [[Anant Mohani]] (1927–1991), cricketer
* [[C. K. Nayudu]] (1895–1967), first captain of the Indian cricket team in Test matches
* [[Arundhati Pantawane]], international badminton player
* [[R. T. Ramachandran]], former cricket umpire
* [[N.K.P. Salve]] (1921–2012), former BCCI chief
* [[Rohit Sharma]], Indian cricketer
* [[Azhar Sheikh]], cricketer
* [[Prashant Vaidya]], former Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/player/35627.html |title=Prashant Vaidya |website=espncricinfo.com |publisher=Sony ESPN |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cricbuzz.com/profiles/3906/prashant-vaidya |title=Prashant Viadya |website=cricbuzz.com|publisher=CricBuzz |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
* [[S. K. Wankhede]] (1914–1988), former BCCI president
* [[Umesh Yadav]], Indian cricketer<ref>{{cite web |url=https://sports.ndtv.com/cricket/players/1258-umesh-yadav-playerprofile |title=Umesh Yadav |website=sports.ndtv.com |publisher=New Delhi Television Limited |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Ruchir Mishral |date=18 July 2017 |title=Once an aspiring constable, Umesh Yadav now RBI officer |url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/news/once-an-aspiring-constable-umesh-now-rbi-officer/articleshow/59642867.cms |newspaper=The Times of India |accessdate=12 April 2018}}</ref>
*[[Raunak Sadhwani]], Chess Grandmaster

==See also==
*[[List of people from Maharashtra]]
*[[List of Marathi people]]

==References==
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